“Avoid saying you have read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time,” 一位在Bath University負責錄取physics學生的教授，在“How to Write a Winning UCAS Personal Statement”一書中提醒，“we read this statement in a large fraction of our applications and it has become a kind of cliche which does not lift you above the crowd.”
的確，為申請大學寫personal statement，如果沒法 “lift oneself above the crowd,” 自己的申請表就容易埋藏在其他申請表的汪洋大海中。
那該怎樣突出自己？首先，如那位教授所說，要避免陳詞濫調。
After a long day of academic lessons, I always look forward to my training sessions in lacrosse. Not only are they enjoyable. They also provide me with the best opportunity to develop my ability to be a team player. As a result, I’ve managed to become a good listener.
“Teamplayer” 和 a good listener” 均屬於空泛的詞彙，每個人都能這樣形容自己。
學生可以嘗試引用比喻，通過比喻來刻畫自己玩 lacrosse的感受，
I wasn’t surprised when I found myself immediately taking a liking to David Attenborough’s video clips on wildlife, for I already had a working knowledge of the kind of strange exhilaration that overcomes a prey animal when it’s on the run. Every time I’m in a lacrosse match with the ball in my net and opposing team members glaring at me, I feel the nervous energy of a prey that has a fraction of a second to decide whether to fight or flight. Unlike a lone prey in the wilderness, however, I have my teammates watching my back, and it’s by continually making the decision to pass the ball that I come to trust them and be trusted in return. As the youngest child in my family whose usual mode is to be the passive recipient of love and attention, I love the way team sports brings me out of my shell.
Michelle Ng
英國牛津大學畢業，前《蘋果日報》和《眾新聞》專欄作家，現在身在楓葉國，心繫中國大陸和香港。
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